Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations.
What a difference a couple of days of sunshine makes, both to the garden and the gardener. My husband and I even had our mid-morning coffee break outside on Wednesday. Also the first sighting of a queen bumblebee looking for somewhere to establish a nest.
One – A clump of crocuses opening their faces to the sunshine
Two – Your weekly dose of pulmonaria, this time with flowers that are a lovely shade of blue/purple.
Three – More blue with a small clump of anenome blanda.
Four – Lovely yellow primrose but bearing the telltale signs the slimy ones are about.
Five – An area beneath a young field maple planted in very random fashion with miniature daffodils and crocus, some cyclamen, the odd primrose and tulips, plus a lot of self-seeded forget-me-nots. I also scattered some cornflower seeds back in the autumn but no sign of them yet.
Six – Shocking pink hyacinth that came as three bulbs crammed together in a pot. I shall try to replant them further apart once they’ve finished flowering with a bit more company.
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